Submission + - Ask Slashdot: getting Linux to do what Microsoft has done forever
petherfile writes: I've been trying to come up with a way to do all the nice stuff Microsoft does but with Linux. I've been a professional with Microsoft stuff for more than 10 years and I'm a bit sick of it to be honest. The one that's got me stuck is really not where I expected it to be:
You can use a combination of DFS and VSS to create a file share where users can put whatever files they are working on that is both redundant and has "previous versions" of files they can recover. That is, users have a highly available network location where they can "go back" to how their file was an hour ago. How do you do that with Linux?
This is a highly desirable situation for users. I know there are nice document management things out there that make sharepoint look silly, but I just want a simple file share, not a document management utility.
I've found versioning file systems for Linux that do what Microsoft does with VSS so much better (for having previous version of files available.) I've found distributed file systems for Linux that make DFS look like a bad joke. Unfortunately, they seem to be mutually exclusive. Is there something simple I have missed?
I've seen it suggested that this is just a side effect of how open source works, everyone wants to make the best of their own tiny bit regardless of the whole, but I'm not sure I swallow this explanation. Whatever the reason, it's making Microsoft look better than I ever thought before.
You can use a combination of DFS and VSS to create a file share where users can put whatever files they are working on that is both redundant and has "previous versions" of files they can recover. That is, users have a highly available network location where they can "go back" to how their file was an hour ago. How do you do that with Linux?
This is a highly desirable situation for users. I know there are nice document management things out there that make sharepoint look silly, but I just want a simple file share, not a document management utility.
I've found versioning file systems for Linux that do what Microsoft does with VSS so much better (for having previous version of files available.) I've found distributed file systems for Linux that make DFS look like a bad joke. Unfortunately, they seem to be mutually exclusive. Is there something simple I have missed?
I've seen it suggested that this is just a side effect of how open source works, everyone wants to make the best of their own tiny bit regardless of the whole, but I'm not sure I swallow this explanation. Whatever the reason, it's making Microsoft look better than I ever thought before.
